Conversation Between SFI President David Krakauer And Interspecies Internet Trustee Diana Reiss At The Lensic Performing Arts Center May 7
Detail from ‘Discomedusae’ #28 in ‘Kunstformen der Natur’. Ernst Haeckel. 1904
SFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) recently hosted a workshop called “Animals in Translation”, organized by Interspecies Internet, with representatives from XPrize, which aimed to imagine, discuss and co-create robust yet flexible criteria that would constitute evidence for the successful decoding of communication systems by other species. Towards this goal, the meeting brought together experts from the fields of animal communication, cognition, behavior, AI, philosophy, linguistics, mathematics Read More
Chandler: Proposed ‘East Downtown Los Alamos Metropolitan Redevelopment Area’ Is A Mixed Bag
By GEORGE CHANDLER
Los Alamos
The proposed “East Downtown Los Alamos Metropolitan Redevelopment Area” is a mixed bag. bit.ly/losalamosmra for info. MRA for short. Council will be holding a hearing and may adopt a resolution creating this district on May 7: if you live or own residential property in the area bounded by Canyon and Central, 15th and 4th streets, I suggest that you attend and protect your vital interests. Why do I care about this? Gentrification. But first some background.
The proposed MRA includes some of the eastern portion of the “Los Alamos Downtown” designated by the 2021 Read More
Review: DALA’S Don Quixote Ballet A Delight!
Don Quixote (Andy Primm) on his chivalrous quest passing through the band of gypsies. Photo by Jesse Martinez
Kitri (Sasha Simakov) and Basilio (Brandon Penn) enjoy each other’s company in the town square. Photo by Jesse Martinez
Review By KAELAN PRIME
Los Alamos
For those who are unfamiliar, the classic ballet “Don Quixote” was premiered by Bulshoi Ballet in 1869. The ballet, based on Miguel de Cervantes’ novel Don Quixote de la Manche, is scored by Ludwig Minkus and originally choreographed by Marius Petipa. The ballet features an abridged version of the novel’s original plotline following Read More
Rabbi Shlachter: A Thank You Letter To The Person Who Painted The Swastika On The Rock In White Rock
By Rabbi Jack Shlachter
Los Alamos
Dear swastika painter:
I am the rabbi of the Los Alamos Jewish Center and am writing to thank you for painting the swastika on the rock in White Rock (link). I apologize for writing belatedly to you and also for using the Los Alamos Daily Post and the Los Alamos Reporter as the vehicles for this communication.
I was delayed in responding to the news as we were just finishing up the celebration of a major Jewish festival called Passover when you were painting the swastika. That holiday commemorates freedom from slavery, and Jews are indeed blessed to live in the United Read More
Sky Railway: Adventures In Santa Fe
View of the Sky Railway, which travels thru Santa Fe and into the high desert. Courtesy/ Sky Railway
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Think you’ve done everything there is to do in Santa Fe? Think again, and get ready to board the Sky Railway for a magical ride thru Santa Fe into the high desert!
Formerly the Santa Fe Southern Railway, this historic railway was reborn in 2020 as the Sky Railway. Several investors, including George R.R. Martin, banded together to bring the line back to its former glory and to resume excursion trains – with a twist. Each experience is unique, Read More
Travel: Soul-Stirring Landscape Of Patagonia
Gaucho with sheep. Photo by Debbie Stone
Welcome to Torres del Paine National Park. Photo by Debbie Stone
By DEBBIE STONE
Santa Fe
For The Los Alamos Daily Post
I had promised myself I wouldn’t get up on another horse – ever – as past horseback riding experiences have shown me that horses and I don’t get along. Typically, I would be told I would be riding a gentle mare only to have that “gentle” mare persistently nip at another horse, constantly munch on the grassy smorgasbord, balk at crossing a shallow stream, then turn around and head the other way, and my favorite, unexpectedly take off at a speedy Read More
OpEd: Apartment Scams Alive In Los Alamos & It’s Ugly
By JOHN COURTRIGHT
Manager
Courtright Apts. & J&L Self Storage
Apartments or first housing in LA has always cycled with what Administration is in office. As a retired long time landlord, Courtright Apartments or for some old former tenants, Co-Zi Manor apartments, I can state equitably I’ve seen the evolution of the available rentals in LA.
In 1965, the Atomic Energy Commission officially got out of the housing business in LA.
When the town became private, my parents weren’t the only people in town to dive into the real estate game.
Courtright Apts. was one of only a handful of Landlords Read More
